Nigeria - Broadband and Internet Market, Digital Economy

Synopsis

Significant consolidation has occurred in Nigeria’s Internet and broadband sector, from over 400 ISPs three years ago to around 120 in early 2012. New powerful players from the fixed-wireless and mobile network operator camps have entered the market with 3G mobile and advanced wireless broadband services such as WiMAX. The Internet Protocol (IP)-based next generation networks currently being rolled out are enabling converged voice, data/Internet and video services. VoIP is already carrying the bulk of Nigeria’s international voice traffic. The arrival of a second international submarine fibre-optic cable (Glo-1) in 2009 and a third in 2010 (Main One) has broken the monopoly of Nitel’s notorious SAT-3/WASC cable and is revolutionising the market by reducing the cost of international bandwidth by up to 90%. Two additional cables are expected to go online in 2012. Supported by the expansion of several competing national fibre backbone networks, applications such as e-commerce, online banking and e-payments, e-health, e-learning and e-government are rapidly evolving.

Companies covered in this report:

• Nitel;
• Cyberspace;
• Hyperia;
• Linkserve;
• 21st Century Technologies;
• PINET Informatics;
• Odu'a Telecom;
• Swift Networks;
• Startech Connection;
• Netcom Africa;
• MWEB Nigeria;
• Gateway Communications;
• Accelon (Internet Solutions);
• Galaxy Information Technology and Telecommunication;
• Polestar;
• Naija WiFi;
• Suburban Telecom;
• Zinox;
• Direct-on-PC;
• IP Direct;
• Starcomms;
• Layer3;
• Communication Trends Nigeria;
• Entertainment Highway Ltd (HiTV).

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
• 2. Internet market
  • 2.1 Overview
  • 2.2 Internet statistics
  • 2.3 Limited availability of PCs
    • 2.3.1 Stimulus programs
  • 2.4 Public Internet access locations
    • 2.4.1 Mobile Internet Units (MIUs)
  • 2.5 Internet Exchange Points (IXP)
  • 2.6 Country code top level domain (ccTLD) administration
• 3. ISP market
  • 3.1 Internet Service Providers Association of Nigeria (ISPAN)
  • 3.2 Selected ISPs
    • 3.2.1 Cyberspace
    • 3.2.2 Hyperia
    • 3.2.3 Linkserve
    • 3.2.4 21st Century Technologies
    • 3.2.5 PINET Informatics
• 4. Broadband market
  • 4.1 Overview
  • 4.2 ADSL
  • 4.3 Wireless broadband
    • 4.3.1 Odu’a Telecom
    • 4.3.2 Swift Networks
    • 4.3.3 Startech Connection
    • 4.3.4 Cyberspace Network
    • 4.3.5 Nitel
    • 4.3.6 Netcom Africa
    • 4.3.7 MWEB Nigeria
    • 4.3.8 Gateway Communications
  • 4.4 WiFi
    • 4.4.1 Accelon, Internet Solutions
    • 4.4.2 Jigawa Broadband Access Network
    • 4.4.3 Polestar/5G WiFi network in Lagos
    • 4.4.4 NaijaWiFi
    • 4.4.5 Abuja WiFi, WiMAX
    • 4.4.6 Enugu
  • 4.5 WiMAX
  • 4.6 Mobile broadband
  • 4.7 Internet via satellite
    • 4.7.1 Direct-on-PC
    • 4.7.2 BroadbandDirect
    • 4.7.3 IP Direct
    • 4.7.4 MWEB Nigeria
    • 4.7.5 Other services
  • 4.8 Broadband over Powerlines (BPL)
• 5. Convergence
  • 5.1 VoIP Internet telephony
    • 5.1.1 Nitel
    • 5.1.2 Globacom
    • 5.1.3 Starcomms
    • 5.1.4 Adesemi Nigeria
    • 5.1.5 MWEB Nigeria
    • 5.1.6 Accelon
    • 5.1.7 Linkserve
    • 5.1.8 Layer3
    • 5.1.9 Swift Networks
  • 5.2 Internet TV
  • 5.3 Cable TV
  • 5.4 Next generation networks (NGN), Triple-play
• 6. Digital Economy
  • 6.1 E-commerce, e-payments
  • 6.2 E-government
    • 6.2.1 E-voting
  • 6.3 E-health
  • 6.4 E-learning
  • 6.5 Electronic Crimes Bill
• 7. Digital media
  • 7.1 Blogs
  • 7.2 Facebook
• 8. Related reports

• Table 1 – Internet users and penetration rate – 2000 - 2012
• Table 2 – International internet bandwidth – 2001 - 2010

• Chart 1 - Internet users and penetration rate – 2000 - 2012